[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大乘起信論裂網疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850) › 4.38 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.38 大乘起信論裂網疏 4.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.38) 無明厚，則信心難生。無明薄，則信心易發。煩惱厚則難斷，煩惱薄則易除。而無明、煩惱又各有界外、界內之不同，故唯如來能盡知也。 > When ignorance is thick, faith is difficult to generate. When ignorance is thin, faith easily arises. When afflictions are thick, they are difficult to sever; when afflictions are thin, they are easily eliminated. Moreover, ignorance and afflictions each have the differences of being outside the realm \[of samsara\] and inside the realm, so only the Tathāgata is able to know them exhaustively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.37) - [Next: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.39) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.4.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.4.38) · Pramāṇa